Bhandar Population - Mayurbhanj, Orissa

Bhandar is a medium size village located in Sharata Block of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa with total 347 families residing. The Bhandar village has population of 1815 of which 924 are males while 891 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bhandar village population of children with age 0-6 is 430 which makes up 23.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bhandar village is 964 which is lower than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Bhandar as per census is 1048, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Bhandar village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhandar village was 41.44 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Bhandar Male literacy stands at 55.88 % while female literacy rate was 26.08 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Bhandar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Bhandar village.

Bhandar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	347	-	-
Population	1,815	924	891
Child (0-6)	430	210	220
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,435	723	712
Literacy	41.44 %	55.88 %	26.08 %
Total Workers	898	449	449
Main Worker	246	-	-
Marginal Worker	652	258	394

Caste Factor

In Bhandar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 79.06 % of total population in Bhandar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bhandar village of Mayurbhanj.

Work Profile

In Bhandar village out of total population, 898 were engaged in work activities. 27.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 898 workers engaged in Main Work, 145 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 79 were Agricultural labourer.